After 70 years, June 6, 1944, remains the 'Longest Day'

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Jun 6, 2014 at 12:01 AMJun 9, 2014 at 11:19 AM

Seventy years ago today, 150,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. They fought, they bled, they battled on and they won. Open this story to see all of our accounts, photos and videos commemorating the anniversary.

COVERAGE OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY

Open our front page from June 6, 1944
A grateful world honors D-Day's fallen

France presents 11 D-Day veterans with Legion of Honor

Obama honors World War II, Sept. 11 generations at Normandy

Anniversary events around US and abroad

OUR OPINION: On D-Day, share the stories of the greatest generation

Quincy sailor says USS Quincy was 'indestructible'

Tanker from Quincy recalls 'dreadful, damnable' day

Wound never detered D-Day veteran from Hanover

Ranger from Plymouth remembers the drama at Pointe-du-Hoc

Young Brockton soldier gave his life on beaches of Normandy

Middleboro man proud of his role in Normandy

Invasion was start of long, bloody campaign

D-Day ship's US flag auctioned for $350,000

D-Day a generational challenge to teachers

World honors D-Day's fallen, 70 years on
Remembering the defining battle of World War II
D-Day narrative started early, and still evolves
Vets, visitors flock to Normandy to remember D-Day
Archive footage, stories from those who fought

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BY THE NUMBERS

156,115 troops landed in Normandy as part of the “6 D-Day” invasion

12,000 paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions dropped on France's Cotentin peninsula

14,674 sorties – flight missions – flown by U.S. and U.K. military aircraft to support Allied troops

1,213 warships, including 7 battleships and 23 cruisers, assisted in the invasion

1,600 Allied auxiliary ships involved

4,126 landing craft in and around the French coast on June 6, 1944

50,000 German troops, from five infantry divisions, in bunkers along France’s coast opposing Allied troops

THE COST

2,500-5,000: Allied forces killed on D-Day, out of 160,000 troops that invaded Nazi forces in the first wave

4,000-9,000: German troops along the French coast killed during the early June invasion